How to write a secret message Do you want to write a message that can only be read by a person? It is a secret message for that person only. The other people can’t see the message on the paper. Only that person knows how to make the message appear. Here’s an experiment(实验) on how to write such a message. You’ll need *half a lemon                         *a cup *four spoons of water             *a cotton swab(棉签) *white paper                         *a light bulb(电灯泡) What to do 1. Squeeze(挤) some lemon juice into water. Mix the water and juice. 2. Put the cotton swab into the mixture(混合物) and make it wet. Use the wet cotton swab to write some words on the paper. 3. Let the paper dry. Show it to someone and ask if he or she can see the words on the paper. 4. Hold the paper close to a light bulb to heat it. Ask him or her again. Let me explain it! Lemon juice has chemicals that have carbon(碳). The chemicals break down easily when they are heated. And the carbon makes them turn into a dark color.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. If you want to do this experiment, you need the following things except _________.

A．lemon

B．water

C．milk

D．paper

2. What is the correct order of the experiment according to the form?
a. Use a light bulb to heat the paper.        
b. Put a cotton swab into the mixture.
c. Mix lemon juice and water.             
d. Write some words on a piece of white paper with the wet cotton swab.
e. Dry the paper.

A．a-d-c-b-e

B．c-b-a-e-d

C．c-b-d-e-a

D．a-e-b-c-d

3. When can you see the secret message according to the form?

A．After you dry the paper.	B．After you heat the paper.
C．When you hold the paper up.	D．When you shake the paper.

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．It tells us how we can make good use of fruit juice.

B．It explains why water is very important in our daily life.

C．It tells how we can make a mixture of water and lemon juice.

D．It shows how we can use lemon juice and water to write a secret message.

5. Where is the text probably taken from?

A．A storybook.

B．A cookbook.

C．A science magazine.

D．A travel guidebook.

Fast walking is the exercise between walking and race walking. A study shows that fast walking has become the most popular exercise in China and many people walk more than 5, 000 steps a day. The results of the study are from QQ users. About 37% of the people choose fast walking as their favorite exercise, over 23% choose running and more than 14% choose riding bikes.

Fast walking and running are easy, cost little and work well, so they are popular. And many people would rather do exercise in nature than go to gyms. It’ s best to walk fast for at least 10 minutes at one time and walk up to 6, 000 steps every day.

The study also shows that people in Guiyang, Guizhou love sports most. On average, everyone there walks 5, 941 steps every day. It seems that people in places with better environment and air are more willing to do sports.

6. Many people walk more than _________ steps a day in China.

A．5, 000

B．5, 941

C．6, 000

D．6, 941

7. _________ choose riding bikes.

A．Over 23%of the Chinese people

B．About 37% of the people

C．More than 14% of the Chinese people

D．Less than 14% of the Chinese people

8. Many people prefer to do exercise _________

A．at school

B．in nature

C．at home

D．in the gym

9. The Chinese meaning of the word “average” in this passage is probably “_________”.

A．普通

B．正常

C．典型

D．平均

10. We can read this passage in the column (栏目)   _________ of a newspaper.

A．Music

B．Food

C．Metal

D．Sports

In Pontevedra, Spain, people don’t shout. Since cars are banned (禁止) in the city, there are no horns (喇叭) or noises from cars. People don’t have to try hard to make themselves heard. What you hear in the street, instead, is the singing of birds.

“Listen,” says Miguel Lores, the mayor, opening the windows of his office. Human voices rise from the street below. “More than 14,000 cars used to pass along this street every day. There were more cars passing through the city in a day than people living here.”

Lores became the mayor (市民) in 1999. He spent months walking around the city. “The historical (历史的) city is dead,” he said one day. “It is full of cars. It is heavily polluted. There are a lot of traffic accidents. The elderly and children aren’t able to use the streets because of cars. People who have a chance to leave have done so.”

At first, Lores thought of improving traffic conditions (状况). However, he couldn’t come up with a good plan. After lots of discussions, the government finally decided to get rid of cars.

The change has brought Pontevedra many benefits. Traffic accidents are now fewer. CO₂ emissions (排放物) are 70 percent down. Many people are moving to the city, making it lively again.

Most local citizens like the change. Ramiro Armesto, a mother of two young children, said, “In the past, the first thing to see in the morning was traffic jams. Now, the city is cleaner, quieter and safer.” Raquel Garcia, another parent, said she had stayed in many cities around the world. However, she had never lived in a city as “easy to live in” as Pontevedra. “Even if it’s raining, I walk everywhere. The feeling is wonderful,” she added. “For me, Pontevedra is paradise (天堂).”

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
11. According to the article, in Pontevedra, people can’t _________.

A．go out

B．drive cars

C．make noises

D．keep birds as pets

12. In the streets of Pontevedra, you can probably hear _________.
①the singing of birds
②the noise of car horns
③the sound of car engines
④the sound of people talking

A．①②

B．②③

C．③④

D．①④

13. After walking around Pontevedra, Miguel Lores found that _________.

A．there were too many cars	B．the city had a long history
C．there were more walking people	D．there were not enough roads

14. The underlined word “benefits” here means “_________” in English.

A．actions

B．choices

C．advantages

D．incomes

15. We can learn from the last paragraph that _________.

A．Raquel Garcia has two children

B．Raquel Garcia is disappointed in Lores

C．many cities want to learn from Pontevedra

D．both Ramiro Armesto and Raquel Garcia support the change

On the day of David’s seventh birthday, his father took him to a ________ store. His father told him he could pick out any instrument (乐器) he wanted, and he should promise to learn to ________ it.

David had little interest in music. He was far ________ interested in playing with his friends. It was ________ for him to pick one.

David walked around the music store. He saw some pianos first. Though his family wasn’t poor, David knew it was not rich. A piano was too ________ to be his gift.

Next, he found some brass (铜管) instruments. David was not interested in ________ of them, because he did not want to put his ________ on anything. He ________ on to the next room. There were many guitars. The seller took one of the guitars down and let David have a try. David didn’t know ________ to play it and his hands were too small to ________ it.

David moved into another room. There, he picked up a violin and he ________ it was the perfect size for his small hands!

David kept his ________ to his dad. He learned to play the violin and he now ________ to play it as an adult. ________ David has had nicer violins, he always remembers the first one. That gift has ________ his life. As his father put it, “The gift of music is better than any others you wanted when you were seven.”

21.

A．toy

B．tool

C．music

D．book

22.

A．remember

B．introduce

C．record

D．play

23.

A．better

B．greater

C．more

D．bigger

24.

A．hard

B．exciting

C．quick

D．impossible

25.

A．simple

B．expensive

C．interesting

D．difficult

26.

A．some

B．any

C．every

D．none

27.

A．hand

B．ear

C．eye

D．mouth

28.

A．returned

B．toured

C．moved

D．came

29.

A．how

B．what

C．why

D．which

30.

A．mark

B．hold

C．beat

D．force

31.

A．realized

B．reminded

C．compared

D．developed

32.

A．hope

B．promise

C．wish

D．respect

33.

A．started

B．decided

C．kept

D．continued

34.

A．Because

B．After

C．Though

D．However

35.

A．saved

B．changed

C．brought

D．pressed

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

she, worry, spend, work, for, when, grow, always, old, much

Mother Love is true love. It gives everybody everything in all his life. When you are still a baby, mother takes good care of you as     36     as possible. In your waking hours, she always holds you in     37     arms. When you are ill, she stops her     38     to look after you day and night and forgets about herself. When you are     39     up day by day, she feels very happy. When you are     40     enough to go to school, mother still looks after you all the time. On cold winter days, she always tells you to put on more clothes. She always stands in the wind waiting     41     you back from school. When you hurry to leave home for school with little breakfast, she is always     42     about you at home. She usually knows about your study and     43     much money on your school things.     44     you do well at school, the brightest smile will be seen on her face.

Mother is     45     ready to give everything she has to her children, not to receive. What true love that is in the world! We will remember Mother Love forever.

阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。

Most people have goals when it comes to saving money. Perhaps it’s for a house, a car     46     education. For people in the US, seeing     47     world is the top reason for saving money. According to a new survey, nearly half     48     Americans say they save their money for travel. After that 37 percent say they are putting money toward emergency savings (应急储蓄), while 30 percent say they     49     saving for retirement.

The study showed that travelers tend to be happier. This was especially true for people who were born between the early 1980s     50     early 2000s.

根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。
A：Hi, Angela. I heard someone play the violin. What wonderful music!     51    ?
B：I did. I often play the violin when I am free.
A：    52    ?
B：Twice a week.
A：It’s really nice. What else do you do in your in your free time?
B：    53    .
A：Like what?
B：Taking a walk, doing my lessons, doing sport and so on.     54    ?
A：Besides doing my homework, I have to take many after school classes. I don’t have time to do other things to relax myself.
B：Why not try to manage your time properly? You can listen carefully in class and try to salve your problem at school. Then you’ll have more free time.
A：    55    . I’ll have a try.
B：I believe you can make it.

56. 康康是一名中学生，他沉迷于电脑游戏，并因此影响了学习。假如你是Tom，作为康康的好朋友，你打算怎么帮助他呢？请根据下面所给的提示写一封不少于100词左右的信。提示：give up；waste…time；be interested in

要求：
1. 不得使用真实的姓名和学校名。
2. 可适当加入细节，使内容充实，行文连贯。
3. 字迹工整，语言精练，表达准确，条理清晰。
4. 词数100左右。
Dear Kangkang,
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Yours,

Tom